diff --git a/pkgs/servers/nosql/riak-cs/stanchion.nix b/pkgs/servers/nosql/riak-cs/stanchion.nix
index 5835b7e29c93..8ea71d611ebb 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/nosql/riak-cs/stanchion.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/nosql/riak-cs/stanchion.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, unzip, erlang, git, wget, which, pam, coreutils, riak }:
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, unzip, erlang, git, wget, which, pam, coreutils, riak 
+, Carbon ? null, Cocoa ? null }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "stanchion-2.1.1";
 
   buildInputs = [
-    which unzip erlang pam git wget
-  ];
+    which unzip erlang git wget
+  ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ Carbon Cocoa ]
+    ++ lib.optional stdenv.isLinux [ pam ];
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://s3.amazonaws.com/downloads.basho.com/stanchion/2.1/2.1.1/stanchion-2.1.1.tar.gz";
@@ -57,7 +59,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ mdaiter ];
     description = "Manager for Riak CS";
-    platforms   = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
+    platforms   = [ "x86_64-linux" "x86_64-darwin" ];
     license = licenses.asl20;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 6d1dbc3c607c..9e686a4e8500 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10293,6 +10293,7 @@ in
   };
 
   stanchion = callPackage ../servers/nosql/riak-cs/stanchion.nix {
+    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Carbon Cocoa;
     erlang = erlang_basho_R16B02;
   };